Gun-mount.



No. 800,461. PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. J. F. MEIGS & H. G. JAKOBSSON. GUN MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1903.

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PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

J. F. MEIGS & H. G. JAKOBSSON.'

GUN MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1903.

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UNITED STATESLPATENT onnion.

JOHN F. MEIGS, OF SOUTH BETHLEHEM, AND HERMAN Gr. JAKOBSSON, OF WEST BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, OF SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- PORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GUN-MOUNT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J OHN F. MEIGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bethlehem, and HERMAN G. JAKoBssoN, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, residing at West Bethlehem, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gun-Mounts,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of gunmounts in which a vertically-arranged shield is supported by the pivot-yoke; and it consists in constructing the pivot-yoke so as to constitute itself a part of the said support, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional plan of a gun-mount embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation in section through the shield.

The pivot-yoke A is supported on a suitable pedestal B and is provided with bearings for the trunnions of asleeve O, in which is mounted the gun I). as usual, or in any other suitable manner, and the shield E, which is vertically arranged, has an opening for the passage of the barrel of the gun which permits of the relative vertical movement of the gun and shield and is bent back to extend past the trunnions of the gun.

In order to secure a rigid connection between the pivot-yoke and the shield, we interpose between the two brackets, the ends of which are inturned and bolted to the shield, while the body portion forms a part of or is secured to the sides of the pivot-yoke. As shown, the front and rear ends of each side of the pivot-yoke are extended outward and bent toward each other, forming inturned hooked integral arms 9 9, preferably with transverse portions 10, which are bolted to the front of the shield by bolts 12. The inturned ends are bolted to the shield by bolts 13, and preferably blocks 8, of wood, vulcanized fiber, or other suitable semi-elastic material, are clamped between the ends and the shield by the bolts. The shield is connected with the arms 9 above and below the trunnions.

It will be seen that in this construction an extremely rigid support for the shield is secured affording an extended bolting area for the attachment of the shield to the support, while diminishing the number of bolts that would be required if the support was bolted to the pivot-yoke instead of forming apart thereof. It will also be seen that by forming the connecting-arms with cross-bearings 10, to which the front part of the shield may be bolted, the pivot-yoke itself becomes a part of the brace for the forward part of the shield, while the entire structure will resist the force of any blow from the front.

Without limiting ourselves to the particular construction shown and described, we claim 1. The combination in agun-mount, of a vertically arranged shield extending backward past the trunnions of the gun, and a pivotyoke having on each side outwardly-extended arms at front and rear integral therewith and interposed between the side of the gun and the shield and connected to the shield, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a gun-mount, of a pivot-yoke having integral outwardly-extended arms at front and rear and a shield bolted to said arms, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a gun-mount, of a pivot-yoke having on each side outwardly-extended arms at front and rear integral therewith and inturned at the ends and a shield bolted to the lateral and terminal portions of said arms, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a gun-mount, of a pivot-yoke having on each side two outwardlyprojecting arms extending above and below the trunnion-bearings and a shield connected to the extremities of said arms and forming therewith rigid tubular extensions of the pivot-yoke.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence'of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. MEIGS. HERMAN G. JAKOBSSON.

Witnesses:

EDWIN MILLER, EARL G. RUSH. 

